Device for cleaning and removing dust from mops and other similar kinds of brooms



DEVICE FOR CLEANING AND REMOVINGDUST FROM April 13, 1937. I M. SCHULTZE, NEE LIEHR 2,076,966

MOPS AND OTHER SIMILAR KINDS OF BROOMS Filed Aug. 1'7, 1936 Una/enter:

Patented Apr. 13, 19 37 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE Marta Schultse, ne Llehr, Berlin Frledenau,

Germany Application August 17, 1936, Serial No. 96,450

In Germany 0ctober.20, 1935 2 Claims.

The object of the invention is a .device for cleaning and removing dust and dirt from mops and other similar kinds of brooms, by means ofwhich the dust and dirt can be removed immediately after the use thereoi.

The invention has flor its object to producer.

device for cleaning and removing dust from mops of simple construction, embodying a minimum number or worldng parts, and attaining the highest degree of reliability in practical use. I With this invention it is possible to carry out with one hand all preparatory movements for shaking out and cleaning the mop, so that the handle of the mop, whilst being held 1 the free hand, need not be laid down, a circ stance which is of special importance in so far as in order to clean one single room only it is necessary to shake out the mop several times.

The invention is shown in an example in th annexed drawing, in which: Fig. 1 is the container of the device in section without the mop, and

Fig. 2 is a section through the container of the device with the m p inserted in it. A preferred construction'is sho in whichl is the container with a small quantity of water, 2 is a spiral pring arranged upon the bottom of the container and furnished at its upper end with a straight part in with the,pl ate 3, l is a guiding bar at-,

tached to the side walls of the container, 5 isthe lidof the container diagonally divided and provided with a hole for the handle 01' the mop. i is the mop and I the handle of the mop.

'lhe device of the invention acts in the following manner:- A A After opening up the divided halves of the lid and pouring a small quantity of water into the container I, the mop [with its handle I in an upward direction is placed upon the plate 3. The device is then closed down by means oi both sothehalvesoi'thelidinsuchamanner that only thehandlelistobeseenn Thehandle'listhen pressed downwards vertically by the hand so'that the spring 2 is depressed. The handle is then drawnupwsrds,wherebytlieactionotthespringcounter-acts the weight of the mop and the arm of the operator, that is to say, the action of the spring carries out the work oi. the hand, facilitating same. By means or the rapid up-anddown movement or the handle I the mop is thoroughly cleaned, the particles of dust and dirt thereupon falling into the water at the bottomv I of the container and remaining there. After opening the top parts of the container the mop is taken out and down.

The spring may be made of any suitable wire, for example of circular, square or rectangular section.

the container is rapidlyclosed m The lid is preferably constructed of two sepa- 15 rate parts each part possessing a semi-circular hole. One of the halves of the lid isflxed to the container, whilst the otherghali is attached to the wall of the container by means of a hinge and a spring, so that this partopens upwards and closes automatically, thus shortening the period in which dustparticles are free to leave the-container.

What I claim is:-

1; Device for a dust free cleaning of mops or 85 other similar kinds of brooms, consisting of a container with a lid. an opening in the lid for the handle oi the rop, and a spiral spring for supporting the mop, this spiral 'sprlngresting upon the bottom of the container and being provided with 'a'straight part co-axialwith' the axis of the spring and guided by means of a guiding part in the container.

2. Device for a dust free cleaning oimops or container with a lid, an opening in the lid for the handle oi the mop, and a spiral spring for S pporting the mop, this spiral spring, resting upon the bottom of the container, being provided with a straight part guided by means of a guid- 40 mars m Liana.

other similar kinds of brooms, consisting of a 

